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<blockquote data-quote="bruce_ventura" data-source="post: 848624" data-attributes="member: 34084"><p>Lining everything up the way you describe is too complicated for me. I install scopes 5-10 times each month - at the range, at the <strong><em>HighPower</em></strong>Optics store, in my garage, on the dining room table, etc. I've found that hanging a plumb line that I can focus on through the scope takes too long to set up. Plus, I'm not as interested in leveling the reticle as getting the turret axis plumb to the earth. I've found that reticle misalignment relative to the turret axes can be 1-2 degrees. It's not common, but it happens enough that I always align the turret axis instead, which is what really matters when dialing elevation for long range.</p><p></p><p>The Reticle Alignment Tool is much simpler in design than the EXD tool, and it includes long, flat edges and an accurate spirit level so that it can be used like a good carpenter's level to level the scope and align an anti-cant indicator (the EXD tool is too narrow and top heavy to use as a carpenter's level). Plus, the Reticle Alignment Tool costs less. </p><p></p><p>The lines on the Reticle Alignment Tool are for centering the scope objective on the tool. The lines are viewed from the outside of the scope, not through the scope. The tool has a strip of double-stick tape that allows it to stick to the scope objective once it is centered. Then the rifle and tool are rotated together until the spirit level on the tool is level. I perform this step with the rifle in a vise so that the rifle and tool don't rotate after I get them level.</p><p></p><p>Finally, the scope is rotated in the rings until the turret axis is level. I simply remove the Reticle Alignment Tool from the front of the scope and place it inverted on the elevation turret. Sometimes I hold the tool along a flat side of the turret housing. Other times I hold a flat steel ruler along the bottom of the scope tube housing and lay the inverted Reticle Alignment Tool on the ruler. I'm simply trying to locate a mechanical reference surface on the scope that is parallel/perpendicular to the turret axes. </p><p></p><p>The Reticle Alignment Tool is a machined part, not stamped or injection molded. The edges are square and the spirit level is manually aligned on a surface plate when the tool is assembled. The spirit level is within +/-15 MOA of being parallel or perpendicular to each of the four edges of the tool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bruce_ventura, post: 848624, member: 34084"] Lining everything up the way you describe is too complicated for me. I install scopes 5-10 times each month - at the range, at the [B][I]HighPower[/I][/B]Optics store, in my garage, on the dining room table, etc. I've found that hanging a plumb line that I can focus on through the scope takes too long to set up. Plus, I'm not as interested in leveling the reticle as getting the turret axis plumb to the earth. I've found that reticle misalignment relative to the turret axes can be 1-2 degrees. It's not common, but it happens enough that I always align the turret axis instead, which is what really matters when dialing elevation for long range. The Reticle Alignment Tool is much simpler in design than the EXD tool, and it includes long, flat edges and an accurate spirit level so that it can be used like a good carpenter's level to level the scope and align an anti-cant indicator (the EXD tool is too narrow and top heavy to use as a carpenter's level). Plus, the Reticle Alignment Tool costs less. The lines on the Reticle Alignment Tool are for centering the scope objective on the tool. The lines are viewed from the outside of the scope, not through the scope. The tool has a strip of double-stick tape that allows it to stick to the scope objective once it is centered. Then the rifle and tool are rotated together until the spirit level on the tool is level. I perform this step with the rifle in a vise so that the rifle and tool don't rotate after I get them level. Finally, the scope is rotated in the rings until the turret axis is level. I simply remove the Reticle Alignment Tool from the front of the scope and place it inverted on the elevation turret. Sometimes I hold the tool along a flat side of the turret housing. Other times I hold a flat steel ruler along the bottom of the scope tube housing and lay the inverted Reticle Alignment Tool on the ruler. I'm simply trying to locate a mechanical reference surface on the scope that is parallel/perpendicular to the turret axes. The Reticle Alignment Tool is a machined part, not stamped or injection molded. The edges are square and the spirit level is manually aligned on a surface plate when the tool is assembled. The spirit level is within +/-15 MOA of being parallel or perpendicular to each of the four edges of the tool. [/QUOTE]
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